Mappila dialect of Malayalam
| Mappila dialect | |
|---|---|
| മാപ്പിള മലയാളം | |
| Native to | India and a few other countries |
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Dravidian
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| Malayalam script (rarely in Arabi Malayalam script) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | mopl1237 |
The Malayalam language spoken mostly by Mappila Muslim community of Kerala state, India is called Mappila dialect of Malayalam or simply Mappila Malayalam (Malayalam script: മാപ്പിള മലയാളം). This speech is a mixture of colloquial northern Kerala dialects of Malayalam and the Arabic language. Often, the Malayalee Muslim community of Malaysia and Singapore and few of them in Kerala write Malayalam using Arabic Script.The dialect is extensively spoken by Muslims in the North Malabar region of Kerala i.e. in the districts of Malappuram, Kozhikode, Palghat, Wayanad, Trichur, Kannur and Kasaragod. The Malayalam spoken by Mappila Muslim shows deep influence of the Arabic language. Thus the dialect is a little bit different from the mainstream Malayalam. Also, Muslim communities of Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka called Bearys also speak Mappila Malayalam.
The Mappila dialect of Malayalam has borrowed loan words from Arabic language. In fact this dialect can just be considered as Arabic-Malayalam blend just like Sanskrit-Malayalam blend in Manipravalam. Kerala has a unique tradition of literature written in Arabic-Malayalam blend.The great bulk of these are verses with predominantly religious themes. As with Sanskrit-Malayalam blend in Manipravalam which was written in Malayalam script,the Arabic-Malayalam blend was written in Arabic script modified to absorb the peculiar sounds of Malayalam. As large numbers of Arabic words did not pass into the general and the literary usage, this tradition rather came to an abrupt stop.
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